Shweta

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Shweta is Currently Reading

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The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

by S.A. Chakraborty (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: fantasy, myth-and-folklore-inspired, adventure, set-in-egypt, currently-reading

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The Empty Grave (Lockwood & Co., #5)

by Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: adventure, fantasy, found-family, paranormal, set-in-the-british-isles, young-adult, currently-reading

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Shweta’s Notes & Highlights

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An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created by Santi Elijah Holley

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For all the supposed progress this country believes itself to have made, we tend to find ways to undo those gains. White rage replaces Black joy. Black promise is met with White dismissal. If we look at the past fifty years, a pattern ...more

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Shweta’s Quotes

“Try it again," I said. "Kiss me."
"No," he said.
"Kiss me."
"No," And then he smiled. "You kiss me."
I placed my hand on the back of his neck. I pulled him toward me. And kissed him. I kissed him. And I kissed him. And I kissed him. And I kissed him. And he kept kissing me back.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

tags: ari, aristotle-and-dante, dante, kiss, kissing, love

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“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

tags: freedom, identity, independence, self-awareness, self-discovery

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“Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard

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“But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.”
― Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony

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“I love swimming"
"I know," I said.
"I love swimming," he said again. He was quiet for a little while. And then he said, "I love swimming—and you."
I didn't say anything.
"Swimming and you, Ari. Those are the things I love the most.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

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